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Wisconsin Conservation Congress

Ad Hoc Rule Simplification

Meeting Minutes

ORDER OF BUSINESS March 11,

2014 7:00 pm Teleconference

I. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

A. CALL TO ORDER

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY Dave Puhl at 7:45 pm

B. ROLL CALL

ATTENDEES

Mike Hamm, Roger Roehl, Jim Heffner, Dave Kowalkowski, Wayne Towne, Curtis Youngbauer, Kevin Smaby, Steve Klicko, Matt Sedelbauer, Dave Puhl, Steven Ninneman, David Miller, Jerome Ziemann, Paul Reith, Eugene Altwies,

EXCUSED Frank Pratt, Daniel Chichantek, Doug Williams

UNEXCUSED None

GUESTS Rob Bohmann, Kari Lee-Zimmerman, Tim Andryk, Tom Van Haren

C. AGENDA APPROVAL/REPAIR

DISCUSSION

ACTION Approved

D. REVIEW COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT

APPLICABLE

DISCUSSION

ACTION Not applicable.

E. PUBLIC COMMENTS

DISCUSSION

ACTION

II. INFORMATION & ACTION ITEMS

A. SUMMARY: GOVERNOR’S REQUEST FOR RULE

SIMPLIFICATION ROB BOHMANN

DISCUSSION

Summary of Governor’s letter asking WCC to simplify regulations, June 2011

2012 town hall format where suggestions were made for simplification and to remove

barriers

Reviewed by Ad-Hoc group

Rob wanted more thorough analysis of rules

Tim A: Governor’s office asking for last two years, little progress has been made

Need quality report to NRB and Gov’s office

Tom Van Haren has started with a good draft, need to make progress

ACTION Generate ideas for rule simplication

PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE

Ad Hoc Rule Simplification committee and WCC

B. REVIEW SUMMARY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY

VAN HAREN TOM VAN HAREN

DISCUSSION

Document summarizes:

Meeting with Lawhern, and all rules that have been reviewed.

Report is summary of what has been accomplished:

1) Reduce rule and regulation complexity

2) Increase opportunities

3) Eliminate laws and policies that create obstacles

4) Reduce number of pages in regulations

This is information to respond back to Governor, see attachment.

What is the next step?

ACTION None


Tom Van Haren

C. ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR SIMPLIFICATION DAVE PUHL

DISCUSSION

Dave P: These are items that have already been accomplished. We can add to it.

Rob B: Finalize report and submit to the Governor’s office.

Look through current regulations for elimination or re-visit, committee needs to make

recommendations that can go into the 2015 hearings

Dave P: There are more updates to make, i.e. DTR is not included.

Dave M: Thanks to Van Horn for the summary. Town hall issues: panfish regulations, micro

managing the lakes. Bass fishing too complex, needs simplification.

Dave P: Do you want to add these items to the report?

Attended panfish meetings, confirmed.

Steve N: Fish advisory council, will this add complexity.

Rob B: Council will address micromanaging at council level.

Dave M: Motion: to add panfish hearings and information into Lawhern report and it should be

continued. (To be listed under #17) Second by Town, motion carried.

Dave M: report at District 8, majority agreed that we need to manage by species, not as a

conglomerate. On-line opinion ran against.

No other discussion.

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Dave P: DTR changes should be included in the report.

Mike H: Did we put in report – online MFL is online and available now?

Kari L: Didn’t see in report but agrees that this should be added

Motion by Mike H: Add to report - DNR was proactive and added MFL lands open to hunting,

fishing and trapping on-line access. Second by Heffner. Motion carried.

Rob B: NRB spring hearing questionnaire to reduce number of stamps to two: fishing and

hunting. Eliminates 5 stamps. Potential to generation more money, i.e. 1,200,000 fishing

licenses – 800,000 more licenses that will buy stamps increasing revenue, same for hunting.

Requires legislation.

Steve M : One stamp will cover habitat

Dave P: What is next step, charge committees with X number of changes? Top five? Submit to Ad

Hoc?

Tim A: Agreed that this is a start.

Tom VH: last part that deals with more public friendly user phone app and information. Needs to

be added. Pocket Ranger.

Tim A: Agrees to ideas listed above

Motion by Smaby: Add Pocket Ranger and phone app to report. Second by Miller. Motion

passed.

Dave P: Charge committees for rule simplification ideas?

Rob B: Review Regulations and make recommendations to forward to appropriate study

committees that can be added for 2015 hearings.

Tim A: Add to the resolutions: How does the proposal simplify regulations?

Rob B: Charge has been since inception of study committees for recommendations to be made. If

that doesn’t work, Rule Simplification committee should take charge. OK to make

recommendations and charge from this committee for review and discussion at next committee

meeting.

Dave P: draw up format and spark interest for study committees

Comment: trout on hold for trout committee rules changes

Dave M: send a motion to legislative committee for one license for bow and crossbow.

Mike H: send letters to county chair to return ideas on rule simplification

Rob B: reach out to members/delegate of district for ideas and suggestions.

ACTION Create list of ideas for rule simplification from within WCC


Rule Simplification Committee

III. MEMBERS MATTERS

DISCUSSION

Steve M: where did extra $3 for crossbow come from?

Rob B: legislative committee agreement, for people that buy CB license after purchasing bow

license.

This comm. is assigned to ask study committees and delegates for ideas for rule simplification

and also address this task at the annual state meeting.

ACTION None

IV. ADJOURNMENT

MEETING ADJOURNED 8:45 pm

SUBMITTED BY Eugene Altwies

DATE 16MAR2014

Rule Simplification Ad-Hoc Committee

June 29, 2011 letter from Gov. Walker to Rob Bohmann & the Cons. Congress asked that the

Congress work with DNR & NRB to develop recommendations to simplify hunting, fishing and

trapping rules and regulations and make it easier for individuals to participate in these activities.

Specific requests in the Governor’s letter were to:

1. Reduce rule and regulation complexity

2. Increase opportunity

3. Eliminate regulations and policies that are obstacles for hunters, anglers and trappers

4. Take some pages out of our regulations

The Congress and DNR did set up Town Hall style meetings at the Joint 2012 Annual April Spring

Fish & Wildlife Informational Hearings and Congress Annual Spring Conservation Meetings. The

purpose and goal of these town hall meetings was to gather input from citizens on ways to simplify

regulations and identify barriers to hunting and fishing participants. Many of the suggestions from

the public at these town hall meetings were more general in nature and did not provide specific

examples of regulations that could or should be simplified.

During this period, the DNR’s Fisheries, LE and Wildlife programs also reviewed current issues

they were dealing with for ways to simplify the rules associated with those issues.

WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED?

Governor’s Request #1: Reduce rule and regulation complexity

The following is a list of rules which the Congress and DNR’s NRB, Wildlife, Fisheries and LE

staff worked together on to provide further rule simplification.

The following were taken out for public input at the 2013 Spring F&W rule hearings.

1. Reduce the number of different rough fish spearing seasons across the state from 7 to 3.

- With this change, counties will either be open all year (most counties), closed all year

(9 counties) or for just those waters that are considered Winnebago System waters will

be closed only during spring walleye/sturgeon spawning season.

2. Allow taking rough fish by hand within 200 feet of dams which is currently prohibited.

3. Allow taking rough fish with hand held spears within 200 feet of dams during June, July

& August when most game fish are done spawning. Such spearing had been prohibited.

4. Allow trolling for fish on all waters statewide. This has the added benefit of repealing the

need for position fishing rules. This proposal is still in the public input collection process.

5. Allow rifles for hunting deer statewide.

6. Eliminate need to be issued or use special tags for shooting hen pheasants on state

properties stocked with both hens and roosters.

7. Establish statewide uniform opening date for the muskrat and mink seasons.

http://dnr.wi.gov/about/wcc/Documents/Committees/2013/2013StudyCommitteeAssignments%2017.pdf

8. Establish uniform hours for both hunting bear with dogs and training bear dogs, which can

now both occur during open season.

9. Eliminate need for wearing special arm bands when hunting at bong rec. area.

10. Eliminate need to remove tree stands and ground blinds daily on DNR lands open to

hunting. (The public did not support this change).

11. Establish rules for training dogs to pursue wolves that are uniform with those in place for

training dogs to pursue bear.

12. Eliminate open water hunting prohibition on 10 new large water bodies in the state.

13. Eliminate the Mecan wildlife refuge that was created to protect the giant Canada geese.

No longer needed.

14. Establish a 24 hour harvest reporting requirement for otter and fisher to be consistent with

the reporting requirement for bobcat and wolves.

15. Shrink the size of the Horicon zone, making more of the state fall under the general

exterior zone season where a permits are not limited.

16. Allowing crossbows during the only season (archery deer season) where crossbows are

still limited to disabled hunters and senior citizens. Legislative has now been passed as

Act 61 establishing a crossbow license and season open to all hunters of legal age, without

regard to physical ability.

17.

Other issues in play are:

1. Alternative methods for registering deer – being considered by a committee as part of the

Krull Report implementation process

2. Deer season dates – number and length of deer seasons is being evaluated as part of DTR

rule process.

3. Reducing the different types of antlerless deer carcass tags available.

4. Reduction in the number of special deer management units

5. The issuance of use of antlerless deer herd control unit tags

6. Lean 6 sigma project to deal with Bird dog training license review and approval process

7. DNR Bureau of Fisheries – Local fisheries staff have been meeting with their local

warden counterparts to review local regulations looking for rules that are no longer

necessary, unnecessary fish refuge areas, and for confusing rules and terms that can be

simplified/clarified, removing outdated signs post at landings, etc.

8.

Additional issues also recently addressed:

1. Eliminated closed season for coyotes in the Wolf Management Zone 1. Now have

uniform statewide year round season.

2. Eliminated scope restriction during muzzleloader season

3. Eliminated need to earn your 1st buck killed under a gun license and under your archery

license in CWD zone

4. Eliminated EAB outside CWD zone

5. Made deer tags either a Buck tag or and Antlerless tag. No either sex tags. Clarified this

on the tags.

6. Statewide uniform opening day when trapping for both fox and coyote begins.

7. Raccoon season ends same day as fox season ends

8. More uniform state park hunting & trapping season dates for all but a few state parks.

9. Elimination of need to encase firearms, bows and crossbows in vehicles.

10. Allowing hunting from stationary non-motorized vehicles.

11. No back tags for Class B bear hunters

12. Fewer turkey management zones (from 46 to just 7)

13. Elimination of 3 day waiting period for archer hunting license.

14. Elimination of statewide October antlerless deer season

15. Creation of a statewide antlerless tag for youth hunters under the age of 18 (valid also in

buck only units).

16. Authorizing holders of a Class A or Class C disabled hunting permit to use their archery

antlerless deer tag statewide (including in buck only DMU’s)

17. 18.

There are likely more, but these are the ones that come to mind.

RULES SIMPLIFICATION COMMITTEE MEMBER SUGGESTIONS SPREADSHEET

List Prepared by/for Tim Lawhern 2013

Conservation Congress

Date

Received

From

Whom

Contact Info Subject Details

06/27/2013 Mike Hamm [email protected] Deer

Hunting

License cost 50.00


Hunting

Season Sept.15, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2013 - regular

shooting hours.


Hunting

Bag limit-1 buck and 1 antlerless deer (note; can be

adjusted to 1 buck and 2 antlerless deer in herd

control zones).Weapon, bow, crossbow, handgun,

rifle, muzzle loader, anything except a car.

Registration,within 48 hours of kill at reg station, or

by phone within 24 hours from kill. bonus tags-

antlerless only-25.00 per tag. note- anyone who has

not attained the age of 18 by Sept 15 of that hunting

season the fee for the deer license is 25.00.

07/03/2013 Trapper Dan [email protected] Hunting &

Trapping

Opening

Dates

The biggest change I have is all furbearer hunting

and trapping open on the same date statewide. The

most encouraged dates are the 4th Sat in Oct, or Nov

1 regardless of the day.

07/02/2013 Steve

Ninneman,

Vice Chair

WCC

Outagamie

County

[email protected] Stamps all stamps change to one stamp, a habitat stamp

purchased once with all license.

mailto:[email protected]





07/02/2013 Steve

Ninneman,

Vice Chair

Outagamie

[email protected] Archery

licensing

Archery license in reg. units are part of the bonus

tag system, not a free tag for antler less.

07/02/2013 Steve

Ninneman,

Vice Chair

Outagamie

County

[email protected] Walleye

and musky

regulations

Need more consistency throughout the state

07/03/2013 Steve

Ninneman,

Vice Chair

Outagamie

County

[email protected] DMAP This rule has not been implemented yet, but being

part of the action team, DMAP is not part of

simplification. It will need to be simplified.

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Trout

Fishing

All or at least most trout streams - same regs - 5 fish

any size. If small ones are hooked bad most die

anyway. If people want to keep them, let them.

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest Cty

[email protected] Duck

Hunting

5 birds any species or sex. Maybe one of certain

species.

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Goose

Hunting

Geese - one season, start early and keep it going to

the end of duck season

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Musky

Fishing

One size all lakes - make it for average fishermen

and not the musky clubs - 40" minimum

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Bear and

Bobcat

Hunting

Bears and bobcats are undermanaged. It's ridiculous

to wait 10 years for a harvest tag. Again special

interest groups have an influence on this.

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Bass

Fishing

Go back to 10" minimum, keep one over 18".

07/04/2013 Dave

Majewski,

Forest

County

[email protected] Hunting Have a separate muzzle loader season completely

apart from rifle/bow - separate license.

07/04/2013 Matt

Sedelbauer [email protected]

m

Gun Deer

Season

Allow harvest of coyote with regular gun deer tag

similar to what is allowed with archery license.

07/04/2013 Matt


m

Gun Deer

Season

Ban baiting statewide, baiting and feeding regs are

long and confusing, p34 each hunter/40 ac can have

2 gal, do they have to remove at end of day if not

hunting anymore? If not other hunters will be over

legal amounts the next day.

07/04/2013 Matt


m

Gun Deer

Season

Use of draw lock on archery equipment on p23 is

already covered in archery section.

















07/04/2013 Matt


m

Gun Deer

Season

Conflicts between what I thought was decided on

using running gear and similar mobile hunting

shacks (could use as long as not attached to a motor

vehicle) vs what the Vehicle definition on p5 (would

be considered a vehicle) and arms transport on p22

(you could not shoot or have a loaded weapon

inside)

07/04/2013 Matt


m

Gun Deer

Season

Change regs so all vehicle killed and found

deer/animals tags are free. p25 says free and if

person who hits it doesn't want it then next person

can get it, not sure if free or not. Found deer require

you to buy a salvage tag.

07/04/2013 Matt


m

Gun Deer

Season

Eliminate group hunting, regs are confusing and very

subject to interpretation, most states don't allow

anyway, brings out the bad in normally good

hunters.

07/04/2013 Kevin

Smaby (via

Dave Puhl)

[email protected] Hunting I have one simplification possibility. It regard barrel

length of handguns for hunting. As present the length

for big game (bear and deer ) is 5 1/2" for center fire

and 7" for muzzleloader, small game barrel length is

4" for all types of handguns. Unless there is specific

reason for this could there be one standard length for

all, 4" or something like that. This would keep it

easier to remember and user friendly. If there is a

reason for the different lengths then there would be

no need to go farther on this.

Governor’s Request Item #2: Increase opportunities

The following are examples of increased opportunities created for hunters, anglers and trappers.

The Conservation Congress and the DNR continue to look for ways to increase such opportunities.

Examples of recent new opportunities.

1. 4-day check period for weasel traps

2. Wolf Hunting & trapping season

3. Colony Traps

4. Crossbow license and special crossbow deer season

5. Catch & Keep largemouth bass season statewide with general opener.

6. Opportunity to hunt from stationary non-motorized vehicles, such as blinds on trailers

7. Trail Camera use on DNR lands overnight

8. Cutting of willow stakes from DNR lands to use as trap stakes.

9. Shrink the size of the Horicon Goose Zone, making more of the state fall under the general

exterior zone season where a permits are not limited.

9. Fewer turkey management zones (from 46 to just 7)









11. Elimination of statewide October antlerless deer season

12. Increased opportunity to use rifles for hunting deer statewide.

13. Allow taking rough fish by hand within 200 feet of dams which is currently prohibited.

14. Allow taking rough fish with hand held spears within 200 feet of dams during June, July

& August when most game fish are done spawning. Such spearing had been prohibited.


buck only units).

16. Authorizing holders of a Class A or Class C disabled hunting permit to use their archery


17. 18.

Governor’s Request Item #3: Eliminate laws & policies that create obstacles

1. Case requirement for firearms, bows and crossbows in or on vehicles.

2. New authority for taking possession of certain Car-killed wild animals

3. Elimination of law that prohibited sale of furs and certain carcasses during closed seasons.

4. Shrink the size of the Horicon zone, making more of the state fall under the general exterior

zone season where a permits are not limited.

5. Not applying the loaded gun and discharge of firearm vehicle laws to a person hunting from

a stationary non-motorized vehicle, such as a hay wagon on blind constructed with wheels

or on a trailer, provided it is not attached to a motor vehicle.

6. New opportunity for all hunters to use crossbows, not based on degree of disability or age.

7. More flexibility in amount of time allowed for tending certain traps set for weasels.

8. Fewer turkey management zones (from 46 to just 7), allowing more area for a hunter to hunt

under their permit.



buck only units).

11. Authority for holders of a Class A or Class C disabled hunting permit to use their archery


12. Elimination of shotgun only deer hunting seasons.

13. Reduction in the number of different rough fish spearing seasons across the state from 7 to 3.

- With this change, counties will either be open all year (most counties), closed all year

(9 counties) or for just those waters that are considered Winnebago System waters will

be closed only during spring walleye/sturgeon spawning season.

14. Elimination of scope restrictions on muzzleloaders during muzzleloader deer season.

15. New simplified opportunities for hunters to complete hunter education

a. Students now have two convenient online opportunities to begin their Internet

certification process, including Internet training with a 1-day internet specific field day

b. Adults now have a convenient way to become certified in hunter education by

completing an online training course, followed by attending an adult only test out.

Governor’s Request Item #4: Take some pages out of our regulations

The following is a general 30 year History of Regulations publications.

Size of Regulation Publications:

Fishing Regulations: Number of pages has not changed during past 6 years.

1983 = 24 pages – pocket size 3.5” x 6” booklet

1991 = 32 pages - larger 5¼ ” x 8 ¼ ” newsprint booklet, in part to save printing costs & to include

16 pages of “Special Regulation Listed by County” for local water specific rules.

Can only add and remove pages in 8 page increments for printing reasons.

1992 = 40 pages – included 20 pages (4 additional pages) of “Special Regulations Listed by County”.

Filled extra 4 pages of 8 new pages with “Wisconsin Record Fish” page, listing of fees for

all the different types of fishing licenses, Wisconsin Lakes Fact Sheet, photos on how to tell

difference between walleye and sauger, and pie chart on “Where your fishing license $ go”.

1993 = 40 pages


Filled extra 4 pages of the 8 new pages with Ceded Territory map, and increased font size

throughout whole pamphlet.


Filled extra 5 pages of the 8 new pages with 2 pages on lakes with “Quality Fishing

Opportunities” for Musky, Bass, Walleye & Pike, 1 page on available fishing publications,

2 pages on becoming a member of the “Hooked on Wisconsin” Anglers’ Club, and a part of

a page on the Dept’s angler education and Instructor workshop training.


Filled extra 4 pages of the 8 new pages with 1 ½ pages on Frog & Turtle seasons and rules

instead of just referring people to a different publication, 1 page on Stream Access

Principles and new statutory change regarding exposed beds of streams, 1 page on

Wisconsin Sport Fish Restoration program, and a ½ page on boating laws related to fishing.

2003 = 64 pages

2008 = 72 pages– included 34 pages (3 additional pages) of “Special Regulations Listed by County”.

Filled extra 5 pages of the 8 new pages with 1 page on VHS, 1 page on new VHS related

rules, 1 page on “Getting the Lead Out” of fishing, 1 page listing all DNR Service Centers

and phone numbers, and about 1 page taken up by spacing needs, etc.

2013 = 72 pages

2014 = Reduced special regulations pages from 34 to 30 pages. Publication overall remained same

size. Additional space was used for additional map on catch & release bass zone seasons, etc.

The above list does not include all changes, but provides an idea of the major changes made. In

many years, additional materials were added without increasing size of publication only by

removing other material that had been added previously as filler, etc.

Trout Fishing Regulations publication: Has not increased in size (# of pages = 32) since it was

first created as a separate publication from the general fishing regulation in 1990.

Deer Hunting Regulations: Number of pages has not increased during past 8 years.

1993 = 48 pages – pocket size 3.5” x 6” booklet – General Hunting Regulation Booklet – included deer.

In 1993, the Deer Regulations made up about 25% of the 48 page General Hunting booklet.

2001 = 68 pages - Last year the general hunting regulations booklet included the Deer Hunting Regs.

2002 = 64 pages - larger 5¼ ” x 8 ¼ ” newsprint booklet, in part to save printing costs & to include

About 50 % of the pages were deer hunting specific rules.

Can only add and remove pages in 8 page increments for printing reasons.

In addition, there was a 32 page separate Booklet for CWD Zone Deer Seasons.

2003 = 48 pages – This was first year the Deer and Small Game Regulations were printed separately.

Small Game Booklet was 40 pages in 2003.

The 48 page Deer Regulations Booklet included all the CWD Zone season info.

2004 = 72 pages - This year the department listed the bow, gun and muzzleloader seasons separately

for each DMU in a 28 page table to make it easier to find the season for the area a

person hunted.

2006 = 56 pages - Eliminated the 28 page table, but also printed a separate 8 page CWD zone booklet.

2013 = 56 pages – No longer need to print a separate CWD Zone Deer Hunting Regulations booklet.

Issues the public needs to remember that exist today in 2013, that did not exist 20 years ago in 1993

include:

Special Youth gun deer hunt,

Special CWD zone season(s),

Statewide Dec. 4-day antlerless hunt,

Herd Control units and related rules and tags,

International Wildlife Violator compact rules,

Mentored Hunting opportunities

Reduced rate licenses or Youth and individuals who encourage others to hunt for 1st time.

o This also takes additional room to explain in the regulations.

Lesser Weapon option under a Gun Deer license.

Special Baiting and Feeding regulations for some counties and prohibitions in other counties

Interest in use of new equipment and devices, such as draw locks on compound bows, laser

sights, lighted sights, etc.

Marking ground blinds with blaze orange on DNR lands during any gun deer season.

Use of Trail camera’s on DNR lands

Disabled hunter opportunities for use of certain antlerless archery tags statewide

Additional antlerless tags issued with Gun and Archer licenses, allowing each bow hunter

the opportunity to shoot both a buck and an antlerless deer, instead of just one or the other,

and still be able to purchase additional antlerless tags for many units.

Bonus buck opportunity and authorization requirements in CWD management zone.

Farmer antlerless deer tags.

Wild Hogs.

More interest on part of felons and others who cannot possess firearms to hunt deer.

Concealed carry of handguns

More calibers of handguns now legal

Changes in Car-killed wildlife laws and expansion to bear, turkey and certain other small game.

Deer Carcass Transportation restrictions into Wisconsin and from CWZ zone.

Hunting and Trapping in most areas of most State Parks

More Hmong and Spanish only speaking deer hunters.

Change in Hunting hours statewide uniform hours to hours that change based on sunset and

location the hunter is hunting from East to West and North vs. South across the state.

New crossbow license and season created by legislature will require additional explanation

in the deer hunting regulations publication.

Expanded deer hunting seasons/opportunities statewide.

o Youth Deer Hunt

o Disabled Deer Hunt

o Oct. 4-day antlerless deer hunt

o 7-day December Muzzleloader Only deer season – later expanded to 10-days.

o 4-day Statewide Dec. antlerless only deer season.

o Extended Archery Deer season in Metro DMU’s

o CWD zone Holiday gun deer hunt

All these seasons required expanded season tables

Small Game Hunting Regulations: Number of pages has decreased during past 10 years.

1993 = 48 pages – pocket size 3.5” x 6” booklet – General Hunting Regs Booklet – (Small Game & Deer).

In 1993, the Deer Regulations made up about 25% of the 48 page General Hunting booklet.

2001 = 68 pages - Last year the general hunting regulations booklet included the Deer Hunting Regs.

2003 = 40 pages – This was first year the Deer and Small Game Regulations were printed separately.

Deer Regs Booklet was 48 pages in 2003.

2009 – 32 pages – Including the Spring & Fall Turkey Hunting Regulations

2013 – 32 pages – Including the Spring & Fall Turkey Hunting Regulations

Wolf Hunting & Trapping Regulations: New in 2012

Turkey Hunting Regulations: Separate publications eliminated. Now found in the small game regs.

1993 = Two pages 8 ½ X 11” trifold (double-sided) Spring Turkey Hunting regulations pamphlet

1993 = Two pages 8 ½ X 11” trifold (double-sided) Fall Turkey Hunting regulations pamphlet

2009 = Both the Fall & Spring Turkey Season information included in the Small Game Regulations. In an effort to streamline printing costs and reduce the number of publications a person must obtain, the Fall Turkey and Spring Turkey regulations double-sided fliers were incorporated into the Small Game publication. The small game publication did not increase in pages as a result (still 32 pages) and this year’s publication

Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations: Number of pages has not increased in 20 years.

1993 = 32 pages – pocket size 3.5” x 6” booklet

2013 = 32 pages – still a pocket size booklet

Trapping Regulations: Number of pages has not increased in 20 years.

1993 = Double-sided 8 ½ X 17” six-fold regulations flier

1999 = 32 pages – Changed from above flier to a smaller pocket size 3.5” x 6” booklet

2006 = 32 pages - larger 5¼ ” x 8 ¼ ” newsprint booklet, in part to save printing costs

2013 = 32 pages – Same size.

Even with new opportunity and rules on Colony traps, etc.

Obstacles the Congress & DNR face when trying to accomplish Rule Simplification:

Participants at the Spring hearings often support more complex rules over simple rules to

accomplish other goals. This was evident on voting results on the following general fishing

rule related questions asked at the 2012 spring hearing by the DNR. Question # and Description Votes Yes Votes No 27 Is it important to have identical bag limits for a fish species on all inland waters 869 2847 28 Is it important to have identical length limits for a fish species on all inland waters 943 2774 29 Is it important to have identical seasons for a fish species statewide 976 2601 30 Is it important to have border water regulations consistent with inland regulations 1476 2060 31 Is it important to have border water regulations consistent with neighboring states' 1879 1694 32 Would you prefer simplifying by eliminating less popular licenses 1528 2152 33 Would you prefer Wisconsin eliminate separate stamps and tags 1253 2484 34 Should Wisconsin issue the same fishing license regardless of residency 514 3263 37 Eliminate fish refuges if populations are adequately protected by other regulations 1715 1790 38 DNR publish a comprehensive list of refuges instead of posting signs 1604 1900

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